T.I.A: Day 5 - Darwin - Crocosaurus Cove, Mindal Beach Markets

I write this today with a heavy heart. About 1km away Jet and Powderfinger are playing up here in Darwin. I can just hear them. Kurtis has enjoyed trying to name the songs he knows. So close, yet so far. We had another fantastic day with the family. We headed out early for Crocosaurus Cove in town. All 3 of the boys could not wait to explore and divulge most of their already wide reptile knowledge learnt from their many Desert Park and Reptile Centre visits in Alice. We caught up today with our old ex-neighbours from Brisbane (Antony, Emma and their 3 kids) and ran into (yes, ran into) my old principal from Yirara at the markets. We braved the crowds at Mindal Beach Markets and were overwhelmed by the crowds and the smells of the food. I had too many choices. I basically had to eat what the boys didn't like and only had a calamari on a stick (Japanese style), leftover prawn cocktail, a few mouthfuls of mango sorbet, a couple of dutch pancakes and a mango and banana smoothie...I feel like a garbage disposal.

Mmmmmmmm Barra.

I am the snake whisperer.

Yes, this is getting a little corny. These things are everywhere. Elijah even wanted me to take one of him at Coles. They have one of these for the Sport for Schools promotion.

Christina the croc. This would have cost us $25 and then $15 for each subsequent photo the photographer took.

Yes, a croc named after Wendell Sailor.

The Croc Cage is just behind the boys.

We were the first 3 selected for the Fishing for Crocs show. Mum will say "That always happened to Russell when he was little. He always got picked for the show." And she'd be right....first picked out of 100 or so people lining up, plus another crowd of 200 or so.